How to make a Windows 8 installation DVD or USB drive on your own?

Windows 8 forgot password? There are many great Windows password reset tools available on the market to help you fix it.  Besides, you can bypass Windows password that you’ve forgotten with the Windows installation disk. Don’t have such a disk? Why not create one by yourself in advance if  you bought Windows 8 without a installation disk? A Windows installation disk is useful to troubleshoot some computer errors. Here it will show you how to make a Windows 8 installation DVD or USB drive on your own.

Things You’ll Need
1. Windows 8 installer
2. The product key for Windows 8
3. DVD or USB drive (at least 3GB)

Steps to create a Windows 8 disk
STEP 1. Go to Microsoft website and download Windows 8 installer, and then run it on your Windows 8 computer or other Windows PC.
STEP 2. Enter the product key for your Windows 8 when it prompts for a license, and click Next.Note: The product key is in an email that shows that you bought Windows. It looks like this: PRODUCT KEY: XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX

STEP 3.Select the ‘Install by creating media’ option and click Next.  Following it will let you choose which media to use. You can choose between creating a USB installer, or creating an ISO file that can be burned to DVD.

Create Windows 8 installation USB stick
If prefer to create the installation disk with USB stick, you can select the ‘USB flash drive’ option and click Next.  Wait while the installation files are copied into place.

Notes:  1. The capacity of USB flash drive should be 3GB or more.
2. Please make sure that you have a backup of your important data on USB disk as it will erase everything on the device.

Create Windows 8 installation DVD
If you prefer to create an installation DVD, please take the following guide:
1. Select the ‘ISO file’ option and then click Save.
2. Choose where to save the ISO file, click Save and then wait while the image is created.
3. Once this is done, insert a blank DVD and click the ‘Open DVD burner’ link and click Burn.

More Windows 8 Tips and Tricks
1. How to Use Mac to Reset Forgotten Windows 8 Password?
2. How to Change Windows 8 Password?
3. What to Do If You Forgot Windows 8 Picture Password?
4. How to Create and Use Windows 8 Password Reset Disk?

Computer Logon password problem?

I am administrator in my computer windows XP and it’s password protected. But turn on time, Restarting time it doesn’t ask password. It’s directly on. If I log off (Windows + L) my pc that time it’s locked only. What is the solution?

This is really a small problem! It might be that you or someone enables the auto login feature in your Windows XP. You can turn off this easily to make your computer ask for password whenever someone tries to access it. Following is the guide.

Step 1. Click Start button and select Run. Type control userpasswords2 in the Run box and click Ok. This will open the User Accounts window.

Step 2. On the User Accounts window, check the box in front Users must enter a password to use this computer if it’s unchecked, and then click Ok.

Now you undo the autologon without passwords entry. A password will be required whenever you want to log into your computer.

Important:
Please create a Windows password reset disk for the administrator account in your Windows XP to in case that you forget the administrator password in future. With this kind of disk, you can easily change your lost Windows password, even you are locked out of your computer.

Go to Start button -> Control Panel -> User Accounts, select the user account you want to reset password for, and then click Prevent a forgotten password link on the left to open the wizard. Next all you need do is to follow the wizard to create your Windows password reset disk.

Forgot password Windows already with that password reset disk? Well you can try to reset password with the built-in administrator account in Windows XP. Everybody knows this default admin account is enabled and not password protected. Log into Windows XP with this account, and then open the User Accounts window using control userpasswords2, and then select the target user account and click Reset password button to change the forgotten password.

If the default admin account is locked and forgot the password, you have no choice but resort to additional Windows password recovery tools. These tools allows you to burn a boot CD/DVD or USB drive to bypass your forgotten password in Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8, 2008, 2003, 2000.

Computer is password protected? How to unlock it?

I don’t know what my bro has done to my computer? But one thing is coming that my admin password protected. And d every time for opening my pc asks for password. I dint wanna do that. How do I unlock that password? My pc is windows XP.

The first suggestion is to ask what the administrator password is (if you don’t know), and then log into your Windows XP, then remove the administrator password as follows:
1. Go to Start button -> Control Panel -> User Accounts.
2. Select your administrator account, and then click Remove my password link.
3. Enter your administrator password and click Remove password button.

Now the password for the administrator account is removed. No password will be needed to access your computer. Or else, you can enable auto login to let your computer log in automatically.

1. Type Control Userpasswords2 in the Run box, and click OK to open the User Accounts window.
2. Select your admin account, and uncheck the box in front of Users must enter a user name and password to use this computer, and then click OK.
3. Type your administrator account password and click Ok. Now auto login is enabled.

If neither you nor your brother remember the administrator password, my advice is to unlock Widows XP password using Windows Password Unlocker. This Windows password recovery tool allows you to reset any forgotten password for Windows 8/7/Vista/XP/2000 in 3 simple steps.

Step 1. Download and install Windows Password Unlocker in any PC.
Step 2. Burn a boot Windows password reset disk with CD/DVD or USB drive.
Step 3. Reset forgotten Widnows XP administrator password with the boot disk.